ELF ON THE SHELF BAKER
The scout elves are always up to something. Baking is a specialty of theirs, after all it has to be since they know Santa well. Santa is known for his love of cookies.
This was a big hit in our house- a little bit of work is involved to set it up, but you can then use the props multiple times or save for a future years. You can always recreate the entire scene or just do part of it.
Materials:
- oven template
- double sided tape
- cardstock
- apron template
- felt– any color
- string or yarn – any color
- colored paper or cardstock
- hot glue gun/glue
- mini sweets & mixer (one I used unavailable now)
- mini table (I used upside down plastic bowl)
How to make the oven:
Print oven template. Cut out on solid black lines. Then fold on broken lines. Place double sided tape on tabs and attach to sides. Once oven is complete, attach the top portion with clock onto back above burners. Then place double sided tape on tabs of oven rack template and place in middle to lower inside of oven (revised edition in template). To make burners appear to be on- color in red.
How to make the apron:
Paper Directions: Print out templates on colored paper & cut out. Glue on pocket in center top (like below). Cut 4 pieces of string/yarn. There should be enough string/yarn on each side to tie together behind the elf. Can always trim length later if too long. Place a glue dot where the x’s are and then attach the string on top.
*You can personalize by writing name on pocket. Or make the pocket a different color of paper.
Image from another day, when he was making pizza. See Shape Pizza Shop blog post to see where Elfie was.
Felt Directions: Print out template & cut out. Place on top of felt and trace around it. Cut out. Cut 4 pieces of string/yarn. There should be enough string on each side to tie together behind the elf. Place a small hot glue dot where the x’s are and then attach the string on top.
Optional: Cut 4 little felt squares and then placed on top of yarn to secure (string between 2 felt pieces then). Lastly, you can outline the apron in string/yarn by placing hot glue on edges and then quickly place string/yarn on top.
Once the oven and apron are complete, it’s time to set it all up. Any pretend food will work (as log as elf size). I found this sweet kit on Amazon. There are a few other options besides sweets.It’s also the perfect size for Barbies- so will be used again. I added sugar into the bowl to make more realistic. I used a few other plates to put the cake & macaroons on (not included ). If you don’t have plates, make them out of paper.
This was such a big hit because it provided a fun activity- making the cookies and new food for the Barbies. She couldn’t wait to have her own Sweet Shop with the Barbies once her Elf was done baking. In the future you will see a pretend play post that was inspired by this too.
Happy creating magical elf fun!
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